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Pte. Ltd., a company in Singapore, along with NEL’s owner and director, Lim Yong Nam.
Finally, the indictment charges Corezing International Pte. Ltd., a company in Singapore that
maintained offices in China, as well as Lim Kow Seng, an agent of Corezing, and Hia Soo Gan
Benson, a manager, director and agent of Corezing. On Oct. 24, 2011, authorities in Singapore
arrested Wong, Nam, Seng and Hia pursuant to a U.S. extradition request. Larijani remains a
fugitive in Iran. The indictment alleges that, between June 2007 and February 2008, the
defendants fraudulently purchased and caused 6,000 modules to be illegally exported from the
Minnesota company through Singapore, and later to Iran, in five shipments, knowing that the
export of U.S.-origin goods to Iran was a violation of U.S. law. The defendants allegedly told the
Minnesota firm and the U.S. government that a telecommunications project in Singapore was the
final destination of the goods. The alleged recipient of all 6,000 modules in Iran was Larijani.
The indictment alleges that, in May 2008, December 2008, April 2009, and July 2010, Coalition
forces found no less than 16 of these 6,000 modules in Iraq where they were being used as part of
the remote detonation devices of unexploded IEDs. The indictment further charges Seng, Hia,
and Corezing with a separate fraud conspiracy involving the illegal export of two types of
military antenna from the United States. The indictment alleges that these defendants conspired
to defraud the United States by causing a total of 55 cavity-backed spiral antennas and biconical
antennas to be illegally exported from a Massachusetts company to Singapore and Hong Kong
without the required State Department license. Larijani was also charged with false statements in
connection with his alleged business dealings with Majid Kakavand, an accused Iranian
procurement agent who has been indicted in the United States for illegally exporting goods to
Iran, including to military entities in Iran involved in that nation’s nuclear and ballistic missile
programs. In coordination with the criminal actions, the Commerce Department announced the
addition of 15 persons located in China, Hong Kong, Iran and Singapore to the Commerce
Department's Entity List in connection with this procurement network. In coordination with the
criminal actions by the Justice Department, the Commerce Department announced on Oct. 25,
2011 the addition of 15 persons located in China, Hong Kong, Iran and Singapore to the
Commerce Department's Entity List in connection with this procurement network. Among
others, Action Global, Amaze International and OEM Hub Co., Ltd., all Hong Kong entities,
were added to the Commerce entity list based on information indicating that they served as front
companies and were related to the other entities named in this procurement network, including
Corezing International. Furthermore, Luo Jie, director of Corezing International, Action Global
and Amaze International, was added to the entity list on the basis of information indicating that
she was specifically involved in the procurement and attempted procurement of U.S. power
amplifiers intended for end-users in China, as well as in the diversion of various U.S.-origin
goods through Hong Kong to Iran. Similarly, Zhou Zhenyong, director of Corezing International,
was added to the Commerce list based on information that he was involved in the procurement of
U.S.-origin items, including U.S.-origin munitions items destined for end-users in China and/or
Iran. This investigation was conducted by ICE, FBI and Department of Commerce’s BIS.
• Radiation-Hardened Circuits to China – On Feb. 3, 2012, Chinese citizen and former California
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) engineer Philip Chaohui He made his initial appearance
in federal court in the District of Colorado after his arrest in San Francisco in connection with his
alleged efforts to export defense articles to China without a State Department license, specifically
more than 300 space-qualified and radiation-hardened computer circuits used in satellite
communications with a total value of nearly $550,000. A Dec. 15, 2011 indictment charged He
with conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and to smuggle goods;
attempted violation of AECA; and smuggling. According to the charges, He, the only employee
of an Oakland company called Sierra Electronic Instruments, arranged for the purchase of more
than 300 radiation-hardened circuits from Aeroflex, a Colorado manufacturer, in May 2011. He
arranged for the purchase after a co-conspirator sent him wire transfers totaling nearly $490,000
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